In this lesson, students will examine multiple essays dealing with different types of pain, discuss how the writers incorporate emotion into their work, and explore how writing can help confront and address personal struggles.
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YARN Visits Japan (Writing with a sense of place)
This lesson combines a freeform discussion exploring Japan’s unique influence on YA literature with an exploration of the significance of setting for writers and readers.
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(Updated, November 2012!) Playing With Language
Previous “Teach” lesson plans that fit this mold:
“Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms”
“A Lesson on Body Image, Mood, and Point of View”
“A Lesson on Inference”
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(Updated November 2012) Reading for and Writing to a Theme
Previous “Teach” lesson plans that fit this mold:
“A Lesson on Crossing Cultures Through Fiction”
“A Lesson on Body Image”
“A Lesson on Inference”
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(Updated November 2012) Thinking About and Experimenting With Technique
Previous lesson plans that fit this mold:
“Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms”
“The Writing Process Made Real”
“A Lesson on Body Image, Mood, and Point of View”
“Dress for Success: How to be a Left-Brained Writer”
“Blogging: Reaching Your Target Audience”
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Two Little Red Ridings
This lesson will introduce students to two very different retellings of the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood,” one by YARN discovery Hanna Howard and the other by award-winning novelist Cecil Castellucci, author of “Book Proof,” “Beige,” and many other books for young adults. [...]
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New Lesson Plan: Random Word Challenge
In this lesson, students will be introduced to a Printz- and Morris-Award winning novelist, John Corey Whaley; those who already know him and his book will be tickled to read his poetry. They will learn a method of jump-starting their own creative writing in a low-stakes [...]
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Lesson Plan for Family Gatherings Contest–Or any Creative Non-Fiction Unit
Dear Teachers,
The prompt for the Figment-YARN Family Gatherings Essay Contest is “Write a nonfiction essay in 2000 words or fewer about a memorable family gathering. It could be a holiday, a wedding, a party, but it MUST include a teen or young adult.” [...]
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About the YARN Toolbox
Hello Teachers,
Thanks for coming to the Teach section of YARN. As we mentioned in our first letter to you in this section, the YARN editors are also teachers and we understand just how useful a completely prepared lesson plan can be [...]
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Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms
Benefits:
Students will read three poems by Erik DeLapp;be engaged in National Poetry Month (April); use critical reading skills and in-text support to discuss the form of the poems; compose their own non-traditional poems; have the option to submit their writing to YARN. [...]
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Blogging: Reaching Your Target Audience
Benefits:
Students will…read and discuss several blogs by YARN editors; compare and contrast blogs with regard to their purpose, tone, rhetorical strategies, and address of audience; compose their own blog, using what they have learned; become more active blog readers [...]
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